Sylviculture et dendrologie [ LBIRF2105 ]
6.0 crédits ECTS
30.0 h + 52.5 h
1q
| Teacher(s) |
Ponette Quentin ;
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| Language |
French
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Main themes |
- Context, guidelines and constraints: time and returns on investments, ownership issues, stand and ecosystem stability, wood quality;
- Evenaged monospecific stands: establishment, education, growth, regeneration;
- Complex stands: conversion and transformation, selection system, irregular and mixed-species stands;
- Dendrology: identification and ecology of the major tree species used for silviculture in Temperate Europe;
- Applied silviculture: design of silvicultural programmes according to species (biological and ecological traits, market outlets), site conditions, and technico-economical context.
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| Aims |
This course gives the necessary knowledge, competences, and tools to establish, maintain and transform forest stands of contrasted structures and composition, so as to deal with an array of objectives.
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| Content |
This course is made of five interconnected modules.
Module 1: Lectures (theoretical courses and seminars on more applied themes) - 14 2-hour sessions dealing with the establishment, maintenance and transformation of forest stands of contrasted structures and composition;
Module 2: Field excursions - 3 one-day excursions about stand regeneration, silvicultures of broadleaved trees and silvicultures of coniferous tree species;
Module 3: Tree marking - learning exercise in an irregular forest stands with a computer-aided system;
Module 4: Project - Establishment of evenaged monospecific stands through planting or natural regeneration;
Module 5: Dendrology - 5 4-hour lab sessions and one half-day excursion in an arboretum to identify and learn the main ecological traits of the major tree species (gymnosperms, angiosperms) used for silviculture in temperate Europe.
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| Other information |
Precursory courses : Introductory course in silviculture, ecology, plant physiology, botanics, plant taxonomy.
Supplemental courses : Forest economics, wood science, forest mensuration, forest management and planning, field trip.
Evaluation : Oral and written examination, report based on the personal work
Support : Lecture notes, slides, web (http://www.biologievegetale.be), web site icampus.
Recommended readings : Balleux, P., Van Lerberghe, P., 2006. Guide technique pour des travaux forestiers de qualité. Ministère de la Région Wallonne, DGRNE-DNF, Fiche technique n°17. Namur, Belgique, 373 p.
Nyland, R.D., 2002. Silviculture : concepts and applications. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, USA, 682 p.
Schütz, J.-P., 1990. Sylviculture 1. Principes d'éducation des forêts. Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, Lausanne, Suisse, 243 p.
Schütz, J.-P., 1997. Sylviculture 2. La gestion des forêts irrégulières et mélangées. Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, Lausanne, Suisse, 178 p.
Smith, D.M., Larson, B.C., Kelty, M.J., Ashton, P.M.S. 1996.The practice of silviculture: applied forest ecology. 9th ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York, USA
Teaching team : Professor and invited speakers for lectures; Professor, assistant and technician for field excursions and labs.
Miscellaneous : Modules 1 to 4 constitute a 4-credit elective course entitled 'Silviculture and dendrology, partim silviculture' for students of option S5E (Land development) within the master in environmental bioengineering.
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Cycle et année
d'étude |
> Master [120] in Forests and Natural Areas Engineering
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> AGRO
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